Claremont School News
by Madeleine Farr | Special to the Courier President Donald Trump’s federal legislation, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” will impact colleges and universities across the country, including the Claremont Colleges; given distinctions within the consortium, however, each college will face varying consequences. The legislation, which Trump signed into law July 4, makes sweeping changes […]
A passionate love for poetry was the order of the day on Thursday, April 10 when the Claremont Graduate University presented the 2014 Kingsley and Kate Tufts Poetry Awards. The annual Kingsley Tufts award, which is awarded to a mid-career poet who has not yet reached the pinnacle of their success and carries a $100,000 […]
On Wednesday, the students of Sycamore School traveled around the world. The journey, which took kids to locations as far-flung as France, Bolivia and the Philippines, came courtesy of the Claremont elementary school’s 39th annual International/Multicultural Day. The event began with an opening ceremony, in which the day’s presenters took to the stage, some of […]
Technology is “dragging us, kicking and screaming, into a brave new world order,” punk legend Exene Cervenca told students and community members at Pitzer College’s Benson Auditorium last Tuesday. Ms. Cervenka painted a bleak picture of the present, in which the earth has been spoiled by man-made ecological disasters, toddlers play with iPads instead of […]
A very real danger just got more real for Claremont High School students. Last week, the local teens got a lesson in the importance of sober driving when they were exposed to a simulated crash and its grim aftermath. The event was part of Every 15 Minutes, a program aimed at preventing young people around […]
How does your garden grow? In the case of schools in the Claremont Unified School District, the answer is beautifully. District Garden Coordinator Dessa D’Aquila has been able to put in more hours this year than in the past—anywhere from 30 to 36 hours a week when school is in session—thanks to a combination of […]
A CUSD parent took a moment at the Thursday, March 20 school board meeting to address his concerns about the handling of last week’s gun scare at Claremont High School. The day before the meeting, graffiti was found scrawled in a boys bathroom in the 800 quad of the CHS campus, indicating that a student […]
The grounds of Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden served as a living classroom for 68 Oakmont Elementary School upper graders on Monday, who visited the campus as part of the Claremont Museum of Art’s expanding ARTstART program. ARTstART, launched in the fall of 2011, trains college and Claremont High School students in the realm of […]
The Claremont High School Theatre Department will present its annual children’s musical on Friday and Saturday, March 21 and March 22. This year’s production is 101 Dalmatians, a short, high-energy adaptation of the classic Disney movie. It centers on the efforts of evil fashionista Cruella de Vil to get her hands on a litter of […]
Oakmont students Lyndsay Wiedefeld, Cyrus Guerra and Isaac Perez draw pictures of flowers on Monday during an ARTstART field trip to Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden. The event, sponsored by the Claremont Museum of Art, partnered High School and elementary students in an art learning program designed by the older students.
Books were the order of the day on Monday at Mountain View, when the local elementary school commemorated the National Education Association’s Read Across America Day. The nationwide reading extravaganza is celebrated each year in conjunction with the March 2 birthday of acclaimed children’s author Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss. First, it was […]
Nancy Sample might only have one biological son, but her profession has blessed her with hundreds of surrogate daughters. Ballet instructor and mother are interchangeable terms for the doting dance teacher who has guided multitudes of budding ballerinas, some of whom have gone on to perform with companies like the Inland Pacific Ballet. Dance […]
Put a little spring in your student’s step Flowers won’t be the only thing blooming this spring. With an array of educational and fun events for the children of Claremont to participate in, the love of learning will be planted early on in the season. With almost two months gone from the school year’s second […]
The Oakmont Elementary Owls treaded water with the Sumner Elementary Dolphins before finally taking home the win with a score of 14-7 in the 14th annual Superbowl game held Wednesday at Oakmont. The game is part of the Best Learning After School Time (BLAST) program. The game started quick with the Dolphins scoring the first […]
Vista del Valle Elementary and Oakmont Outdoor School are helping students focus on character building. Both schools are participating in “Project Champion” in connection with two-time Olympic medalist Bryan Clay. The project has students working towards walking, jogging or running 100 miles by the end of the year, while learning about the traits that define […]
One attribute great school librarians share is the desire to instill love of books in their students. Such was the theme at a recent Vista Del Valle Elementary School assembly during which the teachers and students said goodbye to longtime librarian Cindy Dewey. As a swan song to the school she served for eight years, […]
Professional hockey player Brian Cooke plays street hockey with a group of fifth and sixth grade students on Friday at Oakmont Outdoor School in Claremont. Mr. Cooke’s visit was part of the L.A. Kings Fan Development program that visits Oakmont and Vista del Valle every year. More in our special children’s section of the COURIER […]